Portrait of a young Egyptian woman, c.1880
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
216 x 140 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520691.20
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting a three-quarter length portrait of a young Egyptian woman. The woman is dressed in traditional style with a face mask. She is wearing long earring jewellery and has rings on her fingers. The portrait is depicted against a plain background by means of a mask. The print is photographically captioned from the negative, at the bottom 'Egiptiene' and the number 101. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album. The portrait is one of a number collected into a section of the album devoted to Egypt.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom, Centre: Egiptiene 101